This constitutes my V° Gift to the Order of the Vampyre, finished this day of 5/6/KXXIIL, under the Sign.of the Fourfold Will. ‘Those who work hard at mastering his will Learn much, and'ffom them will come far greater than I. Xepera Xeper Xeperv. Donald James Woe the Magus Setnakt From the eight learn of the one, from the five enliven the four, from the eighteen make thousands, and make dark the sky with your Rising, 1 Give this Gift in honor of Lady Lilith, Robert, Lady Guinevere, Lady Azra, James, Carmel, Linda, Lady Rebecca, and of the goddess Inanna with whom } have Lain,Lesson One. The Formula and the Phases ToBecomea Vampyre fourthings are Needed. One isa Body full of life and memories. Two is a Heart full of Fire balanced with veins of Ice. Three is a Mind capable of flights of fancy and laser-sharp reasoning ability. Fouris a Will that can fasten onany objectwithin or outside of the Self with unending magnetism. To some extent these things are already in you, or ‘you would not have Heard the Call Allofthesé things can and must be further developed, and as you develop them, you will Learn what you Need to Learn, and at a certain point in your development you will likewise Teach what you Need to Learn. The Call that creates the Order is a special part of the Black Flame. Itseeks to Create certain states in the ‘human being, for its own consumption. These states when harmonized and integrated into the Self create the Left Hand Path magician. When they are not harmonized they create dangerous and destructive obsessions. Some people have channeled these forces Into excessive sexuality, drugs, art or various forms of magic involving loss of self control, At best these states (in nonVampyres) create natural healers, or obsessive artists like Rosalyn Norton of Osman Spare. ALworstthey create people who fuckand drink and smoke themselves to death. ‘The Call creates Passions. Passions belong to the Left Hand Path. Let'stake Love. InaRighthand Path worldane secks unionwith the divine. Well that means less Love all the time. You had two lovers, then Union, then only one lover. The Right Hand Path eliminates Love; the Left Hand Path immortalizes it. These states, Love, Anger, Desire (and so forth) are the forces that stir man to awakening. They arethe spur ofhis achievement. They create the Strife needed for ‘his advancement on both collective and individual levels. They are not ofthe realm of Nature, nordothey emulate It To use the forces, one must Become like their Inventor, the Prince of Darkness. ‘One may choose to avoid the Passions, and try to achieve a cold asexual approach to being beyond them. Thisisasafe, slow path and theres noshame’n choosing it One may choose to enter the Passions’ realm, and by pure force not be destroyed by them. This is a dangerous, rapid path and there can be great results forthe few who survive it. Orone may choose the path ofthe Vampyre. She enters into Passions’ realm at Night, and is dead to it during the Day. By moving from Pole to Pole she develops control and power. At fst andiican not say this too strongly) this isan EASY path, because our society approves the beginning steps. Many people work in offices by day and party at night. Being a Vampyre is easy, you put ‘onyour outfit and you're “on.” This is why so many thousands play at being ‘vampyres. Itworks while they are young and cute. But as the frst source of entry fades, the Nights become fewer and fewer, and the Day wins. ‘Thetrue vampyre trains herselfin body, heart. mind and will. The training is hard (even as some aspects of Itare intensely pleasurable — if you're doing it righ. ‘The training causes a subtle shift. “Night” is no longer confined to night, and “Day” Is no longer confined to day. The two Poles stop being bound by nature and society, and suddenly a truly dangerous being is born. The Path of Vampyric Alchemy is summarized inthe formula, CKSSA. Hereareits states, Thisis the general path the Vampyre treads. It must be remembered that allofthe states are going on at the same time, BUT the work at any given time Is in one of these areas, Each night the Vampyre asks herself, “What isthe Work for tonight?” Inspiration. Any object outside of the self—abook, amovle, a video — creates a new selfimage, afantasy figure. This is the beginning of the creation of the artifictalife thatthe Vampyre must feed. The source of theInspiration willalways be Sacred to the personwho receivesit. Donot make fun ofyour brother vampyre's Inspiration. Because Inspiration feels good, —itisafter all part of the Call and should be as fun as a Lover's touch —we often return to it. Butthe time comes when {tserves as more of an irritant than a boost. The Inspiration has created a static image in our minds. a fantasy that may amuse us, when we have a spare moment, or even give us something to try and emulate. But for the Vampyre there must be astage that isn’t part of other's paths, the stage of Confirmation. You must see, hear, and smell (and maybe touch and taste) a living Vampyre. This Is the Secret ofthe OV. Since Vampyric experience is part of the realm of living experience, rather than verbal/ ‘Symbolic experience, you Need the stimulus of living experience of another. Now, for the most part your Vampyric role models will be members of the OV. {There are Vampytes beyond the Order, but they are rare.) This Shock will animate the image that you must nourish with the next three phases. Knowledge. The primary type ofKnowledgeforthe ‘Vampyre is self knowledge. She needs to know what her character is, her forbidden dreams, her secret loves, her strengths and weaknesses. She must lean. to overcome jealousy and despair, she must learn to ‘overcome bad appetites (a good Vampyre doesn't havea string of bad relationships). She must unlearn what society and family have taughther about herself. She must confront gender, death, personal fears, feelings of inferiority, and false ego. The secondary type of knowledge Is ofthe Vampyric archetype. This involves a study of vampyric literature and film. But keep In mind the vampyric archetype Isn't a deep mythic one, tts really and truly about a hundred years old. There are useful magical types to be sought out here, particularly shamanism, dance techniques, as well as metacommurication skils from how to dress, tovolce training). These secondary sorts ofknowledge will provide the bulk of our writings to Nightwing and cof your demonstrations to your Pylon and so forth. Knowledge will tell you what you have already achieved, whatyourteedto purge yourselfof and what youcan build on. Itrequires a knowledge of your body, ‘your emotions, your sexuality, yourmental abilities, and “your magical abilities. The secondary knowledge will ‘give you ways to conserve, purge. or bulldonthe basis you have. This causes the artificial life to be a tool, a ‘Masque thatyou can put on whenyou Need. Ithisis as far as you can go inyour Vampyric initiation there is 10 shame; you fave gone further than most. At this level you can provide Confirmation for others. But for some the artifical life must replace the naturalone. This ‘scaled Becoming Undead: tis the next phase. ‘Subjective Synthesis. You must assemble your new self based on the seed of inspiration following the . commands of your knowledge. You get rid of what is weak, you add what is daring. You Become the Vampyre. Your daytime, rational self is more rational and effective than your fellows’. Your nighttime selfis dangerous and sexy and deeply mysterious (inthe true sense oftelling you again thatthere is more toyouthan even meets "your" eyes). Atthis point of development, certain of the powers associated with Vampyres became yours. You may develop shape-shifting, or fascination, or the ability to know another's thoughts. Donotbe overly concerned with these abilities. They aren’t comic book super powers that are always there — they willcome and goas you Need them. fyouleave the Initiatory life they will vanish. Ifyou keep them all ‘your life, you will have them in your nextlife. (Perhaps have some of these subtle senses from another life.) This isthe state that most ofyou wanted whenyou became a Vampyre. This is the artificial Ife replacing the natural one. It must be maintained through {interactions with mankind on your terms. Same of you will feel a terrible Need even beyond this point, you ‘must become an ‘Awakener. Youhave the impulse to be an agent of the Call. Now this is a surprising statement, it has an awfully RHP ring — why would a Lord of the Left Hand Path work for anybody? The Work of an Awakener is to be apprenticed to the Call, herself. One literally ‘Seduces men and women to the Vampyric Path. Now this can be done lots of ways — from books to films to presence. Butthose who Workatthis level always have People they are Working on {both within and the fane). Whert one takes up this job, the proximity io the Call sets the conditions for leaming very Hidden knowledge of Selfand the Cosmos. Here opportunities are strikingly personal, magical tasks very hard, andthe powers transpersonal. Some ofthe Vampyricabilities suchas being able to call another with your mindalone, appear at this level. Here in addition to providing Inspiration to others, your artificial life willbe enlivened by the Call, much as you once nourished it by Knowledge, or mankind once nourished it by Interactions. This level of Vampyric Work existed among the Sumerian; It Is, was and shall be the ‘Mystery of Babylon and one of the armies of the Black Order. Toachleve betterment on the Vampyric path it'sneedfulto know these steps, butasin llsuch models, wealways thinkwe are further along than we really are, Read that sentence again, This manual provides eight types of exercises that you can and must modify according to the Circumstance ofife. There are elghtessays for training of Body, Mind, Heart, and Will in the inner and outer aspects. They are by na means a complete magical Curriculum, but exist only to help the Vampyre learn sell-teaching skills. They will work for the freshest among you to the most experienced hands. You should read the manual through,andthenbeginto do the things thatseemthe easiest. (The easiest will be different for everybody.) ‘Thenasyou get a good handle onsome ofthem, goto the next hardest until you have all of them in hand. In the meantime, look for the two types of knowledge. This plus your activities in the OV — crafting articles for Nightwing, Workings, andsoforth, will be mixed by your Core self into the correct chemistry, if you Work in a constant and daring manner. Expect tears and fears as well as joy and victories. They are the merest shades of the Passions _youwill Know inthe fullness of time. You may share any part of this manual with other Setians, except for essays number fiveand nine, which are the magical engines of the Order. Atyour discretion parts of this manual except for this essay and essays five and nine may be shared with selected friends outside of the Temple, i they have a special interest in the OV.Lesson Two. The Training of the Body (Inner) The best body training Is external, through disciplines as wide-ranging as Western medicine, martial arts or even leaming to use cosmetics. These areas willbe covered tn Lesson Six. Inner training of the body requires constant effort. Like a self-paced exercise program, It Is easy to be deflected from the work. The purpose of inner training of the bodyis wofold. Fistlyitcreates astronger link between the psyche and the body during life. Secondly itaccustoms the psyche to feeling of body, so that after death It may construct vehicles with which to Interact with the material Cosmos as desired. Inner training exlsts in six areas. They are Presence Training, Sensorial Expansion, Memory Training, Sensation Transmutation, Taking Dictation, and Experiencing Flow. The need to keep up one's training, In these areas Increases with age and experience — tunlike mental raining which isncededless as time goes The body Is first, foremost and always your primary ‘magical tool. Sure the Vampyre may have rings, her daggers, her cloak — but the body Is the greatest magical focus. Some of your most transformative work will be done nude and alone. Know and love your adomed body as muchas you wllloveyour projected body (sce Lesson Six) Let us look at each of the areas of Training, Some ofthese you will have already done, even long before entering the Temple; others will be new. Presence Training. This seems the casiest on the list,and is by far the mostimportant. From time totime, during day or night, just Become very Aware of where ‘you are and whatyou are doing. Know the feeling of the Earth beneath your feet (or water around your scuba gear). Know the smells and the sounds,andthe lighting and the heat. Know your real and apparent body images (for example if youare driving a car, your apparent body image will Include the vehicle). After youhave thoroughly grounded yourselfin your senses, askyourself what you are doing, why are you doing it. and what the next thing Is you are planning todo foryour Xeper. Doing the senses first (andImeanreally getinto them), and thenthe intellectual question which, helps you throw off mindlessness, is the great key to ‘Awakening the Vampyric Essence. You bypass normal consciousness and touch your animal and divine sides. This is hard to do, and learning to do it again and again is perhaps the number one job of the Vampyre. Sensortal Trynew things. Try them with awareness. Bite into that unknown fruit, kiss that unknown mouth, smell that unknown rose, feel an unknown sand between your toes. Don't sleep through a new experience, even ifyou are physically tired ~ orthe experiences frightening, lke being taken to the hospital after a car wreck. Relish every new experience, wake yourselfup toit, drinkitin. These are cone fourth of the Substances needed for Vampyric Alchemy. The other three-fourths are: your emotional/mental states, your Understanding of Initiatlonata given time, and your eternal (but Hidden) Self Memory Training. There are two main types of this. The first Is evocation. Close your eyes in a dark, safe environment, Pick some sensation that you want to remember. Do so until It produces a profound body change. Picture your favorite food, smellit taste itunti ‘youare so hungry thatyou have to leave the chamber ‘and drive to a restaurant. Recreate in your mind the feeling of being hit by a snowball, until you are shivering. Relive your Sexiest moment until you have to go wake up your partner and tell them they have a chore to perform. These evocations give you a ‘permanent Link between your body and your spirit. The second training isto close your eyes andrelivethe day. This should be done as non-judgmentally as possible, thinking onwhatyousaw, heard, touched. If done fairly regularly, this not only gives you a better memory, but begins to increase the amount of sensation available to you in dreams. (This has aside effect of giving you dreams about flying and sex that are very pleasurable) Sensation Transmutation. There are a lot of unpleasant things inthe world, whether itsthe dentist's, dill, your neighbor's boombox, orthe smellofLA ww Inthe morning. The typical human response isto shut out the painful and the annoying. We are antinomian. Wetransmute such responses —intowhat is a matter of personal headwork. I'll give some examples, but you have to learn to create this in ‘yourself. Thisis very hard. Youcan take the sensations ‘of the dentist's drill — the vibration, the smoke, the sound —and make them into energy for the curse ritual ‘you're doing, You can take the sharp burn of peppers ‘in your food and translate it nto sexual ecstasy. You ccan take the pain in your leg during a long walk and tumnitintoasong that tells you youare getting stronger because of your exercise. This is a difficult at, but produces profound results. Ifyou are so inclined, submissive sexual states are very useful to learning this art. This trainsyou toturn anything the world provides ‘youinto pure fuel. Taking Dictation. This will seem to be a two-part exercise for the frst years of doing It. Our body is, always telling us about the recent past, andsometimes theimminentfuture. Yet we fall again and again listen tolt. The Vampyre notes unusual states in his or her body (preferably in his or her magical diary). Now if ‘you find thatyou always feel peppy aftr eating acertain type of salad, you've learned a real magical potion. If eating ata certain restaurantalways makes you feel dull and headachy, you know not to keep going there. Slowly you can leam how to feel vital, and what dumb things you have done to keep yourself from doing so well. Likewise you may from time to time have certain sensations — do youfeel acertain way when someone is about to call you? Do you tingle when a project is coming together (or falling apart?). Make lists and descriptions for yourself, and you can begin to use some ofthe Hidden aspects of your body. Experiencing Flow. We all do things that move our bodily awareness intoanew shape. Perhaps whenyou sing all you feel is your singing, or swimming, or running, or making love. Itis as though your physical body has vanished and a body of pure sensation (usually pleasurable) has taken ts place. This sthereal form of turning into mist” and practiced and Known asa sensation, itcan beginto free the psycheto certain types of travel. A secondary form of this ts willful transfer of your consciousness to an animal their eyes, imagine what It Is lke to be them. DO ‘THISONLY IF THE ANIMALSEEMS RECEPTIVE. This Ikewise Teaches you aboutthe subtle body, ustasthe outer training gets the material body in shape. ‘Asyou practice these methods over the years, you villuncover many more, some of which you will Teach ‘your fellow Vampyres. companion. Letyourself flow into them, see with NaLesson Three. The Training of the Heart (Inner) The Inner Training of the Heart is much more important than the Outer Training, which we will ook at in Lesson Seven. The inner Training of the Heart serves a twofold purpose. Firstly it makes you aware ofyour Needs, secondly it allows you to take that self knowledge and form the artificial fe, which is the goal of Vampyric Alchemy. According to J. J. Campos and K. C. Barrett In “Towards a new understanding of emotions and their development” in Emotions, Cognition and Behavior edited by C. E. Izard, }. Kagan, and R. 8. Zajonic (Cambridge University Press, pp. 229-63), there are nine emotions that can be differentiated and recognized actoss cultures. They are joy. anger, sadness, fear, interest, shame. guilt, envy, and depression. ‘The Vampyre understands four things about these emotions. A. They are Created by the Black Flame for Itsevolution. They sti peopleupto Dothings. B. They Create the possibilities for Work in the Elect C. They ‘reall Needed by everyone, andD. The humanfollows them; they follow the Vampyre. The Inner Training of the Heart consists of four parts: A. Recognition of the Need of these states in Yoursell.B. Recognition of hese-states.C. Reassigning, theiruse, and D.Sensing these states in transpersonal entities. Let's look at each of these states after a brief aside on AEonics. When Aleister Crowley received the Book of the Lawin 1904, its emotional power resided not in the Poetry of the Work, but in the useful formula that took {wo states that were forbidden by the Western world — Joy and anger ~ and exalted them into a martial unit, and took the operative control states of the world ~ gulltand envy —anddownplayedthem. Anytime anew Set of basic emotions is exalted against the current ruling set, the new will come to displace the existing state. (This is the Secret of all successful political, religious, or artistic rebellions} Discovering the constellations of various other AEonic paradigms {s eftas an intellectual exercise. The emotional Impact of a Word is always much greater than its Intellectual impact, because mosthumans are capable ofemotion. Thisisalso why Vampyres are the most powerful magicians in human interaction situations, Let's look at the Training. The first step is Recognition of the Need of these states in yourself. The Vampyre must prepare an emotional autobiography — looking at cach of these emotions. Would you have pol the Job you wanted without envy? Would have taken care ofyour mother without guilt? Would youhave remainedinthe Temple without joy? Altfirstwetendto thinkwedon'tneed guilt. Wemay even feel guilty because we have guilt. Most people would say that we damn sure don't need depression — but every time we pass through depression we cull ut the weak parts of our thought. Some goals are weeded out by depresston, others become stronger because we have to use them to get out of depression. All of these states are Needed. They are Needed by ‘everyone (but more on that in Lesson Sever). The second step Is Recognizing these states in ourselves. Most people don't have a clue what their emotions are. Some people ifasked about their lives will say they are happy, because they think that's what they are supposed to say. Others will always tell you that they're unhappy, because that is the required answer. Ifyou are male, you are encouraged not to think/speak about your feelings. The Vampyre knows that because there Is a Need for these states, she will have all of them at some time or another. Only anidiot thinks ther ie will awaysbe joyful. Only the inexperienced thinks that they will always be depressed. But they can learn about their chemistry, andthe feel of these things. Knowing what ‘your feelings are is knowing what way the wind is blowing against your sal boat. Some winds you can tackagainst some wilspeed up whatyou'e doing and someyouhave opulhinyour salland dropanchor jst to keep position. Knowing your long-term goals can advise you on dealing with emotions. Knowing these states requires awareness of body andmind as wellas sensitivity to emotions. Many times You willbe surprised at what you are actually feeling, 4s opposed to what you are supposed to be feeling. The third step is reassigning their use. You were taughtyour feelings by your family and your frst set of human interactions for on reason: So that you would fitin. Inshortyouwere taught whatcues should rigger what emotions. If you disobeyed | your parents, guilt was the response. Ifyour group was threatened, anger. And so forth.Let's look at guilt and laziness. Laziness is the application of the emotion of interest to objects not of your own choosing. Mistakes and pain are the Root ofthe Path. Itis only in recovery from errors that the Initiate has a chance. ‘The world wants us to beat ourselves up for what we have done — a very foolish notion. Setians want to never screw up In the same way again. Itis much more exciting to screw up in new ways. Magiclans have interesting lives, not easy ones. The Setian attitude goes against the grain of soctal Programming. Since itis not supported by most social systems, itis hard to do, and we fal from the ideal lam. about to discuss. So what? Last time I heard, worthwhile things are difficult todo. Here Is the Setian ideal. You must develop two forces in your personality. (One is for your past, one is for your future. The Past must be met with unconditional forgiveness. ithas made you into what you are, and it Is over. Sure, you might have been a heroin addict for threeyears, but that was what putyou in the townwhere ‘you met your beloved. The world wants you to hate ‘yourself, soas atrue antinomian we love our past. Our personal past is Subjectively made Into a motherly figure. It takes terrible strength to FORGIVE one's self. The divine figure may be imagined as Kali. ‘The Future must be met with utmost severity. The only hope for tomorrow's today's actions. The world tellsyouto slack off have aber, watch some more TV. and buy some more goodies. So in true antinomian spirit, we create an inner voice that tells us to push harder. The divine figure here is Saturn the tester, but perhaps better stilla Marine Drill Sergeant. The Present is born of these two internal “parents” — they are the opposite of the two parents that we normally have, which are Christian guilt and consumerist laziness. Now weseea Setian/Vampyricapproach tothe use ofguiltand interest. Butweall know that thinking about whatwe would like our emotions to be, doesn'tdo that much to reassign them, The way the Vampyre achieves the third step Is derived from the knowledge In the second step. We know how our ‘emotional sates feel, so we act as though we already were in the state we chooseto feel, Hour new Vampyric state requires anger, butour do the actions that reflect anger. Emotions will follow the combined efforts of the body. mind, and will. The memory evocation techniques discussed in Lesson Twowillhelp here) ‘We dont wallow in our emotions as do our fellow beings, we Create our emotions for our own nutrition. ‘We drink them in for the work at hand. We make emotions for ourselves, much as on a Macrocosmic scale the Black Flame makes emotions to motivate tuntconscious humanity. The fourth step, learning to sense the emotional states of transpersonal entities, could just as easily be part of the seventh lesson as of this one. Every group has a group spirit. Now it Is unimportant if you view this as a magical truth or a psychological observation, the eflect is the same. Groups have a feeling. The feeling comes from their rituals, which is how social reality is constructed. Even the most “rational"- appearing group derives from its, rituals. Mfyou are part ofa group — and you are always part ofgroups not of your election, fromyour family toyour place of employment ~ you will be effected by the group's emotions. The Vampyre is on the lookout for these feelings, just as much as she Is inside herself. ‘Sometimes merely being aware of them stops them at thelevel ofyourskin; sometimes they are sostrong they willdeflectyour goals, sometime youcanusethe group emotion toyour ownends. Butinallcases the Vampyre doesnt lie to herself and say that she is simply above the feelings of those around her. As soon as false 'solation enters the picture, the Vampyre is staked to the Earth, Ukewise learning to sense the emotional states of transpersonal entitles will tell you to get away from someofthem. ifthey are ruled by anger or depression, they wont be healthy entitles in the long-run. (They ‘may be useful n the short-run; see “Polarization” in the Lesson Seven) Learn tosee the emotional rivers thatwash overyou, as well as those within you. Learn to dig canals to irrigate the crops you want with the emotions you choose, and learn to have a partnership with your heart. Learn that the cycles of the Heart can be managed butnot ordered, deflected but not controlled. human one would respond with depression, we ofLesson Four. The Training of the Mind (Inner) The Inner Training of the Mind Is equally as important as the Outer Training. Magicians are more drawnto the Inner Training and often lose themselves in powerlessness and subjectivity. If the idea of a “reality check" isn't applied by the Vampyre, he ot she will become a kook that gets invited to Halloween parties, but not board meetings. Lesson Eight willhelp ‘you {find “reality checks.” ‘The purpose of the Inner Training of the Mindis to build up intense powers ofrational concentration, that can be both focused and flexible. This allows the ‘Vampyre to think quickly and deeply, and provides a growing force of Mind that will be needed to combat the force ofage andthe tall ofan information over-rich life. Most of these techniques are very hard at the beginning: thisisbecause your mind — like the muscles ofthe office worker — has not really been worked with. One can oddly get quite far n the world without mental effort. ‘There are six areas to the Inner Training: Thought Training, Banishment, Polarization, impartial Observation, Lateral Thinking, and Focus Training. Let us examine cach. In the beginning these exercises will be something rather unconnected with your day.ta- day life; fyou persist with them, you will find that they are vastly empowering in the most mundane of matters. Training. We spend most ofour lives ina daydream state. We aren't very focused on anything, and fwe dothink (or atleast thinkwe thinW)itis because ofan outside influence. We are ata business meeting, @ good show on TV catches our eyes, of a radio talk show has us wanting to call in and comment. In short our brains are ruled by the nlce, warm, and caring, People of the outside world. I can see I got your Attention now. Most of the time our brains should be 'nfow gear they are aftr alljustjlly bits that belong tothe great ape family. But we want focus to be ours. So leam to command yourself to think about certain things at certain times. The first step Is to master the Mental Alarum Clock. Before you go to sleep, look long and hard at the alarum clock on your bedside Make up your mind that you will wake up five minutes before the alarum goes off. Simply try this. singly soon you will discover you can do this. me See cert eee petra ‘yourself, start simple thought training. Decide that at 4 certain time tomorrow, you'l think about a certain thing. Now I don't mean you'll think about lunch at 11:59. I mean you'll think about Set at 10:30. Once again keep at it. When you've got that skill down — ‘you're not tying strings to yous fingers, but simply doing the job mentally — go to thought tracks. “Tomorrow Il think about Set at 10:30 and wind up thinking about initiation at 10:45." ‘Once thisismastered the sense of control twill give ‘your life is awesome. You will also seem more mysterious to your fellows when you suddenly seem toknow todo things... Banishment. This is the toughest mental skill for anyone tolearn, We allhave a great deal of nonsense inour lives, Perhaps you were fred unjustly from ajob yeass ago, and still find yourself thinking about it so hard you dont get your work finished on a particular afternoon. These mental leeches are often the crucial gap between fling our goals and fallure. So It's important to banish them. Now Iam not talking about banishing thoughts about ongoing problems, tm talking about banishing thoughts that belong to an unchangeable past. When unwelcome thoughts occur.youneed todotwothings. Oneisyou. should have an interior ceremony that gets rids of, them, and wolsyou shouldhave an ongoing Vampyric fantasy that you can divert your mind to for a few moments afte the banishing. The interior ceremony Is one you will have to come up with. You might Imagine flushing the unwanted thought dawn the toilet. For other people that might not work at all, and they would imagine putting the offending idea into an envelope and mailingittoan enemy. These offantasy to divert the mind is important. Whatever you were doing that let the unwanted thought in doesn't have enough voltage to keep the unwanted thought away — butahot Vampyre fantasy might. Now don't be lost In the fantasy, your boss won't buy the old, “Iwas fighting offbad thoughts by imagining that was: biting Angelique’ line, soremember this|sjustreprographic. ‘ofcourse, can'ttell you what to fantasize about, but if {tinwolves the High Priest write me about it laterPolarization. Most of us have a mental mode that we are best at; some of us are words-In-a-row guys, others use pictures. These are usually referred to as leftand right brain patterns. By now you know pretty well which pattern you use. Ifyou're not familiar with these things, go to a bookstore get some popular psychology books and test yourself. OK, so now you know. But here's what they don'ttell you. Ifyou want to develop a very strong memory, jearn to use the mode youare not good at. fyoure aword-driven guy, Jearn to memorize people's names by imagining them holding /wearing what brings the name to mind {for example Salmonson ~ she's holding a salmon and a baby). Ifyou are a picture-driven gal, use rhymes you make up. In short the more difficult technique works better. fyoulearn to use this, youwillalsotearna great deal about your life and about what you want to remember. Impartial Observation. This is a toughie. We are very accustomed to making emotionally charged value Judgments in everything we do. Everything is viewed from past emotional prejudices that often choke out rational thought. To overcome this, practice the art of smpartlal observation. This should be done when pos- sible during the day, and certainly during the night when you review the day's activitles. Here is an ex- ample ofdoing Itcorrectly. Youare shopping, and you decide to do the exercise. “Here is Mary picking up some oatmeal cookies.” Here's an example of doing it wrong, "Here Is Mary picking up some fattening cook- es because she’s a pig.” or “Here is Mary thoughtfully buying her husband a card.” This process helps pull thought from past emotional overlays. Thisis harder todothan itsounds, and takes a great deal of practice. Lateral Thinking We are taught to think in certain patterns that follow laid downrutes. For example fyou are used to planes, you never think of going on ship from New York to Miami. you are used to ligation, ‘you don’t think of solving things with a chess match. ‘There are many books onlearning break outofsuch patterns, I particularly recommend those by Edward DeBono. One of his games|s the “po” game. Take any two nouns, such as “Horse“and “Refrigerator”. Then Wellwhat’ that? A special refrigerator that keeps horse medicine at the right temperature.A refrigerator that walks around on four legs so people can serve them- selves when t comes by ata party or the mall. A cryo- genie freezing unit that freezes all Triple Crown win- fers so thatwecanhave a super Derby every fity years. Al of that creativity came from playing the “po” game for ten seconds. Practice this art, and learn to make. conceptual breakthroughs all the time, as a matter of course. Of course you can teach your Pylon, your of- fice mates, your friends this game. Focus Training, Thisisamethodtodevelopatruly strong mind. First get a long plece of red yarn, a lite ‘over twofect willdo. Then put (say} forty black beads on it. Every night when you do your five minute meditationon whata Vampyreis,hold the cord inyour hands, Every time you notice that your mind has wandered off, just move one bead across the thread. Don'tbeat yourselfup about t just get backto thinking what you want to think about. At the end of your session, see how many beads. Again don’t worry aboutit at firstyou'll run outofbeads, then fewer. Then sometimes one. Then you can increase your meditations. The simple act of observation and the desire to get better will take care of Nowas you read these Lessons, you are beginning torealizethatthereisagood deal ofovertap designed. Into them. This is part of the Vampyric Alchemy that not only transforms and integrates the Self, but also ‘causes energy to Flow from part to part to ald in the Work athand. Although you can already see this ona mental level, assure you that is nothing compared to whatyouwillfeel when you actually begin Doing these things on a regular basis. Lesson Five is the catalyst which takes these reactions into high gear. Youare alsorealizing thatthists hard workand takes ‘years. Good, | Need you to be Strong to breed more ofyour Kind. put the nouns together, TSE ayLesson Six. The Training of the Body (Outer) The Outer Training ofthe Body isthe source of the \Vampyre’s power in the world. The Outer Training is the means whereby the ‘Vampyre learns to send signals with her body. anon- vocal art of command, which directly influences the bodies and moods of others. talso allows the Vampyre tohave a certain bodily communion with others as is herwill. The aspects to the Outer Training of the Body are shx:the Image, Westem Medicine, Active Manipulation, ‘Passive Manipulation, Grace Training, and Witchcraft. Letus look ateach. ‘The Image. The Vampyre must have a striking ap- pearance. She or he must provoke lust, fear, and re- spectwhen desired. There are four Images (atleast) to bemastered. First, you should be able tobe an appeat- ing Vampyre. You should be able to dress the part, make yourself up, and so forth in a way that gets at least a few people checking in the mirror to see if you feflect. Second you should have an erotic/stylish form. The Vampyre is — after all— nota gore-sucking, flend, but a femme fatale or an hombres dangeroux. You should be the one that makes all heads turn at a cocktal party. Third you should have a business / power persona hat lis everyone, Dont fuck with me. ‘ve got hot and cold running lawyers!” Fourth (and 1 can‘tstress his one too much) you shouldhaveanon- appealing frumpy side that you can use anytime you want to be invisible. After you master these four, you will develop many styles on your own. You must also learn to broadcast your image, and Imagine yourself feeding off all those who look at you. Western Medicine. You don't need to abandon yourself to allopathy, but you do need its resources to ‘give you accurate readings of where your body is do- Ing. Learning to use your annual physical as a sort of “year-end assessment is scary and hard, but becomes great, great source of power because ofthe sense of urgency and (oddly enough) vital itbrings.. “Active Manipulation. You should spend some time manipulating other bodies to give your body a sense ofdominance. This can be anything from nursing and physical therapy as careers, learning to give a good backrub, or exploring the dominantside of D&S sexw- ality. "ashe ‘Manipulation. You should learn about the power of recelving. If you are truly magical you will ‘cause what you wish to come to you. One ofthe easi- estwaysto master this skilils geta good deep message once a month or so. Learn to feel what you have set in motionworkto change you. There are other; such as submissive S&D, which will work for those so inclined. Grace Training, The Vampyre should move like a panther. Her steps are silent, she flows like the wind in the night. The mastery of the body that brings this is best leamed through an external form such as yoga, dance, or the martial arts. Finda type of grace training that appeals to you and go for it Pay special attention tomastering any skill thatare part of vampyre love — such as rock climbing or fying. Witchcraft. There is much truth inthe lore of herbs, perfumes, and oils. There is even more bullshit. Your jobis to find out what works by a personal mixture of sclence, intuition, and experimentation. Use It to en- hance your well-being, your appearance, and lastly your mystique. It is Important that the Vampyre be- ‘come known for her witchy litle ways. This accustoms others to taking her lead, allows her a direct way to work on the bodies of others, and can safely further ‘your legend. wwLesson Seven. The Training of the Heart (Outer) The Outer Training of the Heart consists of using the emotional centers of others to provide energy for ‘your Work. Itis the most dangerous of Vampyric practices because itis very easy todo, very emotionally ratifying and can lead a Vampyre into a dependence ‘on people. Most Vampyres had a pressing need for Love. They found their environments cold and the attention of otherswarm. Unlike most oftheir fellow humanbeings, they could do something about it. They could make people love them, and often tragically, they thought they toved these people in return, Magic, as we know, Is the art of changing the subjective universe so that a proportional change occurs in the objective universe. The easlest way to change the subjective unlverse 1s to accumulate people that worship you. Itis easy to feel like a god or goddess when you are surrounded bypeople ofthat opinion. Thisis far more effective and direct magic than any ritual observance. Its downside Is dependence. ‘The Outer Training consists of five practices: Constrictive LBM, Seduction, Group Emotional Conditioning, Disabling Emotional Triggers, and Art. By no means do all have to be practiced: in this area Use your sense of what you are comfortable with. Let us lookat each. Constrictive Lesser Black Magic is the art of getting the attention of another to the exclusion of his or her environment. Its easiest form Is learning to hold the gaze of another. it requires a constant reading of another's cues and giving him some of whathe wants andsome hint that more may follow. Thisis best done by gaze, body posture, and voice. The exchange you offer is more of your presence for whatever It is they have to give, This involves sending a message that is three parts sexual, three parts aiming thatyour target {Truly important, and three parts thatyou want to hear more about their boring little lives. Training ‘opportunities appear in small specialty shops thatyou frequent. ‘Seduction Isthe art ofcausing anotherto give ww Up freedom in exchange for the possiblity of loving ‘you, ItIs the blackest of arts. It can misfire in any ‘number of ways. Do not think that your “Vampyric superiority” puts you out ofthe emotional danger zone here. Thisart should be practiced with both ahot and cold heart — each will sharpenyour claws ina different, "Group Emational Conditioning may be practiced openly (with Setians and allies) or covertly (with ‘everyone else). The result is the same, producing an emotional environmenttthat coincides with the type of Work you are attempting to do. in open practice you talk about your goal and relate to other's goals, Let's say your Pylon is planning a Destruction Ritual aimed atsomeworthy target. You volunteer toworkwitheach Pylon member the week before, helping them get good and angry at the target. Now this requires a great sensitivity to each person. What works with Bill, the intellectual, mightnot work with John, the angry young ‘wan, ot with Sue, the sensitive artist type. Learning/ feeling how quick they each bum, Islikewise a delicate matter. Working covertlyismore difficult. Let's say your goal Istoinduce a feeling thatyou are very needed at your Job. Youmightdothree offour things. One, youmight make the person who is the Heart center of your work — every human system tends to have a physical, emotional, intellectual, and will center — very kindly disposed toward you, just before you leave for ‘Conclave. You come back, and they really missed you, This provides a nice matrix for that prosperity magic you didat Conclave to Work. The key words here are. flexibility, observation, and patience. Disabling emotional triggers. Vampyres by their nature are passionate, and passionate people often, acquire emotional triggers. Perhaps It's a song you listened to when you broke up with your girlfriend that can plunge you into despair. Perhaps It's a video that you had a fight with your bestfriend about. But any time the trigger shows up in your world — itrues you. Jam not talking about music that makes you fee! sad whenyou decide to play it, talking about musicthat kicks you into depression because you hear it accidentally on the radio. These triggers mustbe Carefully identified and made to have no effect.Geta copy ofthe song and listen toit over and over while reading adity joke book. Have. party while you show the video that made you mad. The Important thing is thatyou remove emotionaltraps from the world so that they don'tdistract you when you least need It. Once you have proven to yourselfthatyoucan end the emotional effect of certain signals, you will begin to have a new confidence. As an exercise in understanding the world, try pretending that acertain song that doesn’t mean squat to you Is realy hurtful. See how your “friends,” co-workers and strangers act, with this news. See how you almost start believing ‘yourself. This experiment wllteach you how emotional reality s constructed. Art. The Vampyre often wishes to place a semipermanentemotionalstate inherselfor others by the gift (and usually the Creation of art. This may not beartofgreat quality; although the greater the quality, the greater the place the art will occupy in the world of the gifted. The major themes for such art. deriving from our imagist roots in the work of Mortensen, are Sentiment, Sex, and Wonder. Just as the Vampyre herself can evoke these qualities, the art work can do sowhenthe Vampyre is far away. Choose the mes you want to send and then you will find the art to give (or make). A simple print, a small bud vase, a pretty seashell can Work greater change than the most elaborate rtualsifchosenand given with precisionand passion.Lesson Eight. The Training of the Mind (Outer) The Outer Training of the Mind consists of using structures outside of one’s self to increase mental aculty and gain the power to command by presenting factual /reasonable proposals o other human beings. The Outer Training of the Mind Is generally elther neglected by the magician, or dismissed as “nonmagical” The first approach is why most magicians live in trailer parks, the second keeps them from Incorporating their lives into their initiation. ‘The Outer Training of the Mind Is the presentation ofthe Daylight side of the Vampyre. Itconsists of four practices: Symbol System Training, Language Acquisition. Happenstance Training, and Pedagogy. Let's look at each. ‘Symbol System Training. The Vampyre hasnotonly the Same need as everyone else to cam alliving In the Daylightworld, he or she must frst convince that world that they are more competent than anyone else, and second, marshal the forces of that world rot only to carry outhis or her commands, but also rally to her or his defense. One of the best ways to do this Is to choose some symbol system — from bookkeeping to computer programming, to web page design ~ to master. The system chosen must have three components. First it must be something that you have to keep Current at doing. Having to keep your training up will force youto keep your mind flexible andaglle. Second, Itshould have a compelling message that works even ‘on those who are opposed to your mode of manifestation. (Iknow she looks like a vampire, but did you check out this spreadsheet? She's where this ‘company ts going!) Third, It must enable youto earn allving anywhere. The latter will provide youa sense of security and inner peace that will make the trials of Initiation easies to bear. Language Acquisition. This canbe leaming anew ‘ratural language like French or Germans or learringa new method of expressing yourself lke taking classes Inphilosophy or psychology. Learning a language Is one of the single most mind-expanding actions you can undertake, It is a good Idea to learn this ina structured enviconment, so thatyou use the Resistance ofthe world to make your mind stronger. You should adopt your frumpy appearance while doing this, Itis easy fora cute Vampyre to get good marks in class; you aren't here to charm but to learn. The new language should allow you to express Setian thoughts without any reference to the jargon of the Temple. Ifyou can do this, you will have claimed your brain for your Initiation. appenstance Training. Most adults stop playing, mental games. They don't have times for crossword puzzles or brain teasers. The rejection of Play i lke ot picking money up offthe street. Ifyou cultivate the attitude that these games find you because you need the mental workout you'll discover that the chances for ho pressure mental training are many, and you will pick Up certain information processing skils along the way, which will turn out useful at the most unexpected of ‘times. Play the mental games that you happen on by “chance.” . The Vampyre knows that true mental command comes from having to teach someone something. First Itforces youto organize the material In your own head. Second, It forces you to take in signals from others while you do the presentation. Third, it allows you to Recreate what it Is you're teaching —inshortitteaches you how to putyour spin oon the facts, while being true to them. The Vampyre looks for chances to practice teaching — whether itis being atrainer ather Job, or teaching Tarot atthe local occult store. lfa person masters Pedagogy and Symbol System ‘manipulation, she or he will become such a resource that others will protect them, increase! their salary, and soforth. Thesesskils are great gifts backto the Temple that opened your eyes. \w